<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Author]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amy Sommers]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/blog-1</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:58:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.amysommers.net/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The U.S. Civil Rights Movement, Internationalism &#38; Kamala Harris]]></title><description><![CDATA[Foreign Policy Magazine has published an article Dr. Keisha Blain and I coauthored " The Civil Rights Movement and Kamala Harris’s...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/the-u-s-civil-rights-movement-internationalism-kamala-harris</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66c35c0b7b210bfa5d5c151d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:07:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc3a31_f003255ffebc478cb8d9b4a70accd886~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_182,h_276,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Philosopher of the Movement: Howard Thurman in South Asia, 1935-36]]></title><description><![CDATA[Too often the story Americans assimilate about the Civil Rights Movement is that it sprang up spontaneously in the mid-1950's. A common...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/the-philosopher-of-the-movement-howard-thurman-in-south-asia-1935-36</link><guid isPermaLink="false">652ecd7fce1430a28e515cf9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 22:15:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc3a31_2f056a55f1c945a1ad52f3d86e7e7ae5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_632,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grieving, healing and finding hope together]]></title><description><![CDATA[As part of the Mourning Into Unity project, I was privileged to work closely with Rev Dr. Sheila Harvey. Earlier this year, she spoke...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/grieving-healing-and-finding-hope-together</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63504ef5dee67672d55cbc51</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 20:16:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc3a31_ac58429915ba4b61a37e225fbe7dc2b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[80 years ago today Americans chose bigoted cruelty and that choice haunts us still]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eighty years ago today, America invoked a “greater good” as justification to use force against a targeted social group. The toxic...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/80-years-ago-today-americans-chose-bigoted-cruelty-and-that-choice-haunts-us-still</link><guid isPermaLink="false">621168bc8dea8fbb777b2f31</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2022 23:25:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc3a31_14efae63448848ec82aa8099b1a171be~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_338,h_327,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond the tagline: James Weldon Johnson in Japan]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's odd how often we *know* of a historical figure as the creator of X or the hero of Y ~ their endeavors, and indeed, their life,...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/beyond-the-tagline-james-weldon-johnson-in-japan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61fab0f655d90042157be704</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 18:09:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc3a31_9146b80c9abf4bc1a0c13da38613b0a6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_248,h_203,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When skilled reader/writers ask interesting questions...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authors and podcasters Wendy Kendell and Carl Lee interviewed me this month for their #ANovelTalk podcast. Both claimed zero knowledge...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/when-skilled-reader-writers-ask-interesting-questions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61f02fa020bc3c0016ebb0a9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:19:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/idQVPuF0Fwo" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[80 years ago today: Japan attacks U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor]]></title><description><![CDATA[At 7:55 am Honolulu time on December 7, 80 years ago today America learned a tragic lesson about the danger of hubris and false...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/80-years-ago-today-japan-attacks-u-s-forces-at-pearl-harbor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61aef63b2dc1e7001634326b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:30:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc3a31_5ad5025b857f4a22bb65194f8a3217ef~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_538,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery Women/Men revealed!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the countdown to Asia Society of Southern California event on September 28, I posted photos on social media posts of African Americans...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/mystery-women-men-revealed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">615b22a23c58c600164e7de9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2021 17:26:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc3a31_012c46dc8172444c951ef890e287ec3b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_640,h_676,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Events: Shanghai on the Eve of Pearl Harbor &#38; Pre-WWII Black Internationalism in Asia ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In September I get to present alongside people whose work I admire at two Rumors from Shanghai-related events. What a boon for a China...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/two-events-shanghai-on-the-eve-of-pearl-harbor-pre-wwii-black-internationalism-in-asia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">612d245187999b001674fb47</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 23:07:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc3a31_15d23b56e0524e46b262b07d3ac36f1c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_345,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Introvert Sits Down to Write a Book...]]></title><description><![CDATA[As an introvert, the act of writing is right up my alley. Spend hours alone?✅ Reading and researching?✅ Imagining things? ✅ I’m all in!...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/an-introvert-sits-down-to-write-a-book</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60bfc6e14e25920015ff1996</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 20:48:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc3a31_52d96fe0204d4d31b249746c9084b444~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_665,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[African Americans in Interwar Asia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thrilled to see the final form of this essay I wrote for BlackPast! 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And yet...]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Black American representing the diplomatic interests of the United States in the Russian Far East at the turn of the 19th century?...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/highly-improbable-and-yet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">606896e09973750015f9131b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2021 21:28:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc3a31_81cba9a44276463686025c47ed992243~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_374,h_543,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pre-WWII Seattle and the Japanese Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[In #RumorsFromShanghai, characters from Black, Chinese and Japanese backgrounds shape the protagonist's viewpoint and interests. 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Michelle Garnaut, inimitable founder of M on...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/post-inauguration-reading-for-fun-remembering-shanghai</link><guid isPermaLink="false">600cb4b1a95654001788a452</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 02:07:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc3a31_0f7f0db8ac2a4281bc0f8e682657062f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_564,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, Biden's China Policy Will Not Be Trump 2.0 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Seattle Times has an op-ed out "The path to a new China policy" from Michael Burke and me: We have no illusions that the US and China...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/no-biden-s-china-policy-will-not-be-trump-2-0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fcd2bb2fbc4950017917a23</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 19:20:34 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From beginning to end ~ Tyranny &#38; Strongmen]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the thorough thumping delivered at the end of November by Republican-appointed justices in the Third Circuit, Trump's ...]]></description><link>https://www.amysommers.net/post/from-beginning-to-end-~-tyranny-strongmen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fc544a782abdb0017d25bc5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:06:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc3a31_d89ceb482fa644bbbc3b52e9ee36ec68~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_232,h_351,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>amylsommers</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>